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Perry’s new PSPO zone is ‘just window-dressing’ say critics
Surrey Street traders to establish group to represent their interests after council ignored their pleas for help over thefts and violence on Croydon’s historic street market Mayor Jason Perry is axing more than 20 Neighbourhood Safety Officers, but he has … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, PSPO, Public Spaces Protection Order, Surrey Street Market, Tory
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£81,000 part-time Mayor takes on yet another directorship
Almost three months since he was appointed to the board of the town centre’s Business Improvement District, creating ‘clear conflicts of interests’, Jason Perry’s declarations have yet to be updated by the council. By KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, CPO, Croydon BID, Mayor Jason Perry, Property, Stiles Harold Williams, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Plant, Tory, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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The Whitgift Centre is on a roll in the build-up to Christmas
Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres have announced that they will be opening a free roller rink in Whitgift Square on Saturday November 25, to be a feature of festive activities in the town centre right through until Christmas Eve. It … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Christmas, Croydon, Croydon BID, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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You’re having a giraffe! BID’s art-washing effort for Culture year
Croydon BID, the business improvement district which represents some of the biggest employers in the town centre, is planning to unleash more than 30 eight-foot-tall statues of giraffes around their area next autumn. It was Croydon BID that was behind … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Croydon BID
Tagged Borough of Culture, Croydon, Croydon BID, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Sims
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BID rangers called ‘bullies in high-viz’ after High Street incident
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Serious questions have been raised about the behaviour of the Mayor-backed security staff drafted into the town centre supposedly to deter anti-social behaviour. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES An investigation is being conducted into the behaviour of a … Continue reading
Revealed – the real reason for PSPO: Perry’s Power Rangers
Not content with having an extra 24 Met officers patrolling Croydon town centre, the borough’s new Mayor is clearing the way for a private police force, armed with the threat of £80 fines. By STEVEN DOWNES Anyone seeking the hidden … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Perry's Power Rangers, Street Rangers, Tory
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BID splashes out on town centre street art for a wacky week
A multi-coloured octopus on an office roof in South Croydon. Fairfield Halls being daubed by a giant paintbrush. A beanstalk growing up alongside the Town Hall… These are just some of the inflatable 3D street art that has appeared overnight … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Boxpark, Business, Croydon BID
Tagged Boxpark, CheckOut Croydon, Croydon BID, Unexpected Croydon
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Perry’s PSPO will just move ‘problems’ out of town centre
Dressed up as a ‘war on anti-social behaviour’ and used as an excuse for clearing the streets of drinkers, the latest proposals will allow the cash-strapped council to issue money-making fines for often trivial offences. By our Town Hall reporter, … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Dave Stringer, East Croydon, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Pubs, Surrey Street, Waddon, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Dave Stringer, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, North End, PSPO, Surrey Street, Tory, Waddon
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The Tories’ record on policing numbers does not add up
Crime is an important issue in Croydon’s council and Mayoral elections. Or at least it should be. ANDREW FISHER polices the claims of the competing camps, and adds some essential context Policing matters. The amount of violent crime is higher … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon BID, Dave Stringer, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, New Addington North, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, knife crime, Labour, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Stephen Lawrence, Tory, Val Shawcross, youth knife crime
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Business leader issues plea to government for financial help
The government needs to provide greater support for those firms worst-hit by the extension of the covid-19 lockdown or risk losing Croydon’s “beating heart”, according to the head of the largest business group in the borough. Matthew Sims is the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon BID, Health, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon BID, Hammersfield, Matthew Sims, Whitgift Centre
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Business body asks town centre traders: do we have a future?
Croydon BID, the town centre’s Business Improvement District, is conducting a survey of companies and traders in the area in preparation for next year, when it is required to submit a renewal plan for its next five years. “Help us … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon BID
Tagged Croydon, Croydon BID, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon BID’s new chair says town centre to reopen on June 1
Croydon BID, the town centre business “improvement” organisation, has appointed a former personnel manager for Gatwick Airport as its latest chair. In his first statement as chair of Croydon BID, Darren Hockaday announced that his organisation and Croydon Council want … Continue reading
Two-thirds of businesses yet to receive emergency grants
£40million in grants from a government-funded scheme to help businesses through the covid-19 emergency remain to be distributed by Croydon Council, as our business correspondent, MT WALLETTE, reports Croydon Council has managed to distribute just one-third of the £60million it … Continue reading
Free money! But Croydon Council can’t even give it away
Our business correspondent, MT WALLETTE, reports on how Croydon Council can’t even manage to hand-out millions of pounds of free money from the government A Croydon Council Labour cabinet member last night pretty much admitted that her strategy for helping … Continue reading
Three months late, BID hires headhunters to recruit chair
Croydon BID, the organisation made up of some of the town centre’s biggest businesses, has gone into the covid-19 crisis while looking for someone to chair the organisation. As predicted by Inside Croydon, the departure from the Fairfield Halls of … Continue reading
Council promises to pay business virus grants in seven days
Stung into action following Inside Croydon’s report on its detail-lite, vacuous announcement intended to “help” the borough’s businesses, the council last night issued a new press statement about the business aid available in the coronavirus emergency. And this time they … Continue reading
Fairfield Halls director quits less than six months after opening
EXCLUSIVE: A £42.6m white elephant without its mahout? Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, reports on the most dramatic of exits from the Fairfield Halls Neil Chandler has left the building. The Fairfield Halls’ venue and artistic director has left his … Continue reading
Council assisted £80,000 sponsorship for bankrupted art dealer
Having traded for years on his association with street artist Banksy, a gallery owner landed tens of thousands of pounds in public money for an arts festival promoting his business – even as he was being declared bankrupt by the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Paula Murray, Rise Gallery, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Kevin Zuchowski-Morrison, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Sims, Mayor, Oliver Lewis, Paula Murray, Rise Festival, Rise Gallery, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon BID pays for extra cleaning in ‘neglected’ town centre
Some parts of Croydon are being given a deep-clean – at least, those parts of the borough where traders pay extra for special treatment, as an influential business group has described parts of the town centre as having been “seriously … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Veolia
Tagged Croydon BID, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Veolia
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The Big Sleep Out, Croydon town centre, Mar 24
Posted in Boxpark, Charity, Croydon BID, Evolve, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon BID, Evolve Housing + Support, Steve Reed OBE
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‘Hostile environment’ charity part of clampdown on beggars
A charity which has handed over details of its homeless clients to the Home Office, as part of Theresa May’s “hostile environment” deportation policy, is one of the agencies being used by Croydon Council in its “campaign” to clear the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing
Tagged Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Reach, Hamida Ali, Thames Reach
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New Fairfield Halls chief finds time to chair business group
Croydon BID, the town centre business group, has appointed Neil Chandler, recently hired as the venue director of the Fairfield Halls, as its new chairman. That could be bad news for the Fairfield Halls, which was supposed to re-open after … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon BID, Fairfield Halls, Neil Chandler
Tagged Croydon BID, Fairfield Halls, Neil Chandler
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Business, police and council unite for knife crime events
The schools’ half-term break will see the start of a three-week programme to raise awareness of knife crime and the impact it has on the community. The council’s youth engagement team joins forces with Croydon Business Improvement District (BID), Croydon … Continue reading
Works from dozen artists on display in Warhol Croydon
Thirty years after the death of Andy Warhol, and Croydon is the venue for an exhibition devoted to the artist’s work and influence.
Posted in Art, Rise Gallery
Tagged Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Kevin Zuchowski-Morrison, Rise Gallery
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